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A CHRISTIAN worker was driven out of her job at Heathrow Airport by Muslim bullies, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday.

 

Nohad Halawi was ‘told she would go to hell’ [National Pictures]

Three judges were told that Nohad Halawi, 49, was subjected to consistent religious harassment by a number of colleagues while working in the World Duty Free shop in Terminal 3.

Mrs Halawi, who moved from Lebanon to the UK in 1977, said she was continually intimidated because she was a Christian and told she would “go to hell” if she did not convert to Islam.

The mother of two, from Weybridge, Surrey, claimed her colleagues started tormenting her after she defended a Christian friend who was reduced to tears after being singled out for wearing a cross around her neck.

She said the group were “Muslim extremists” who left leaflets around promoting religious hatred.

The situation came to a head with a row in the store, which led to Mrs Halawi being fired after five Muslim colleagues reported her to management for being “anti-Islam”. She claimed she did not receive a copy of the allegations against her so could not defend herself properly during an internal inves­tigation that led to her dismissal.

An employment tribunal, however, rejected her case in 2012.

This is a clear case of injustice involving a Christian worker which was obvious to many of Nohad’s colleagues

Andrea Williams, of the Christian Legal Centre

It was again dismissed last October when employment appeal tribunal judge Mr Justice Langstaff ruled Mrs Halawi was not covered by employment law as she was self-employed and had no contract.

He spoke in his judgment of an “uneasy feeling” that the employment arrangements were such that Mrs Halawi “could have been the victim of discrimination and yet have no right to complain to a tribunal”.

Andrea Williams, of the Christian Legal Centre, which is backing Mrs Halawi, said: “This is a clear case of injustice involving a Christian worker which was obvious to many of Nohad’s colleagues – including some Muslim colleagues – who signed a petition protesting against her dismissal.

"In order for us to challenge Nohad’s unfair dismissal, and the unequal treatment of Christians in the workplace, we need a judge to rule that she was in fact employed.”

Lady Justice Arden, Lord Justice Christopher Clarke and Mr Justice Barling yesterday reserved judgement on whether to allow the appeal.